"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"
You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.
High quality woman alert: "4 ways I help my husband be my leader" by mrs.midwest
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"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"
You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.
And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.
Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.
The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.
metalwater
Master Don Juan
I have seen this list in different forms, and by different authors. Always the same content. This would/will be effective for sure.
Most women will not do this. Why should they? It is much easier to try another option than to actually invest.
Never going to find a woman over about 22 that would do this. Because she would never be available.
I think you're right.
Almost cruel to post this good example, when we know these characteristics can only be available in <22 yr old women.
But that's the age sosuavers are looking for if considering wifing them up.
metalwater
Master Don Juan
On the Economics of Diamonds, the Biggest Marketing Scam in History Orchestrated by the Most Successful Cartel Ever
From the Priceonomics blog post “Diamonds Are Bull****” by Rohin Dahr (emphasis added): Americans exchange diamond rings as part of the engagement process, because in 1938 De Beers decided that they would like us to....
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sub out the diamond for marriage in this reading and relationship for marriage. I think that is the SS position.
I understand.On the Economics of Diamonds, the Biggest Marketing Scam in History Orchestrated by the Most Successful Cartel Ever
From the Priceonomics blog post “Diamonds Are Bull****” by Rohin Dahr (emphasis added): Americans exchange diamond rings as part of the engagement process, because in 1938 De Beers decided that they would like us to....
sub out the diamond for marriage in this reading and relationship for marriage. I think that is the SS position.
Can't help it, metalwater, made me feel good reading about mrs.midwest's good attitude and I shared thinking someone else might feel good knowing a good, young wife like this exists in North America. Gives some hope for those who've never heard of a woman like this in the west.
"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
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A man must TAKE authority. A man granted authority has none.
metalwater
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true.
Respect however has to be granted, a man that tried to take it will have none. It would be much simple if it can be taken.
I found EE(Eastern European) women to have this type of mentality. Not all of them and unfortunately with the westernized feminism affecting their country, you find less and less but still more than the US for example.
They understand that they want the man to be the head of the body and them being the shoulders to prop up the head. But the reverse side is they want to find a strong and alpha type man. If he has any weaknesses, their support and respect quickly fade for him.
They understand that they want the man to be the head of the body and them being the shoulders to prop up the head. But the reverse side is they want to find a strong and alpha type man. If he has any weaknesses, their support and respect quickly fade for him.